Sliabh an Iolair - Cruach Mhartáin
Cruach Mhartáin (403m)
Amazing views for a short walk.
Parked at the Communications Tower on the road between both mountains.
The trip up to Cruach Mhártain is fairly straight forward, just go to the right of the comms towers and the path leads straight to the top, (30-35 mins for me). Oh my, once you get to the top, the landscape just opens up in front of you. Its nothing short of spectacular. You get the whole lot from Mount Brandon all the way to Mount Eagle and the Blaskets.
This first image has Ceann Sibéal and An Triúr Deirféar with the landscape patchwork of fields. The one thing not captured here is the wind, it was lively to say the least.
Ceann Sibéal and An Triúr Deirféar
Stayed up here for a bit taking it in. after a while with no moving it was beginning to get a bit chilly so i decided the time lapse was long enough and down i went. I could not recommend this hill enough, for relativley little effort, the views are probably some of the best i’ve seen in this area.
Sliabh an Iolair (516m)
Had to walk down the road towards Dún Chaoin for about 1km, where theres a fairly obvious entrance/path with a bench just at the start.
Dún Chaoin
From here to the top of Mount Eagle is mostly a road/path. On this day it was fairly wet and get progressively wet as you make your way up. The last km the road is pretty much non existent. While trudging the way up, its hard to not stop a lot and just take in the views.
Mount Eagle itself is a pretty flat non descript top marked with a trig point.
However, personally, this was a special peak for me. According to MountainViews.ie there are 36 peaks over 500m in the Dingle Peninsula. Getting to the top, meant i had completed them all. Great Success…
When at the trig point its fairly obvious where you need to go next, Binn an Choma. Bit of a boggy walk at the start but you very soon meet a low wall that takes you the rest of the way. Its a great spot to have lunch, theres an enclosure there that gives some shelter from the wind, as well as providing great views of the Blaskets and Dunmore Head.
An Blascaod Mór
Headed down from Binn an Choma towards Dunmore head. Theres a very obvious path going down the hillside, with a lot of rocks and small walls. You eventually join up with the Dingle way, where it’s a case of walking along the road all the way back to the start. At this time of year, on Monday, the road was relatively quiet so it was quite nice to do.
At the risk of repeating myself the scenery is quiet something else so the last few kms didn’t feel too much at all.. Having said that, the hill back up to the comms tower is a bit of a pull, but it’s near the end so just a case of putting on foot in front of the other.
Overall, a great day and definitiely a walk i will do again in the future.
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thanks and see you on the next one.
Ed